I found that these headphones have approximately the same noise reduction capabilities as a good set of hearing protectors (30dB) for industrial use.

If you're a drummer, in need of a fairly inexpensive set of noise-canceling headphones, do yourself a favor and pick these up

My set broke within 2 hours of use.

I just needed an affordable good set of headphones for recording drums in the studio

I was taking starting drum set lessons and looking for a good set of isolation headphones.

As much as I would love to like this set, as a drummer, it just does not work for me

This year I used them at a truck race and they preformed as well as a set of specialty racing headphones I own.

When I went on my quest to find a decent set of noise-isolating headphones to block office noise, I stumbled across Direct Sound's Extreme Isolation headphones a couple of times